Silly idea for overcoming double-tabs problem
Paul Everitt <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:37:34 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.cms.oscom.twingle.devel |
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Howdy. Here is a non-proposal for an idea I don't agree with either. :^) Still, perhaps it will spawn some interesting discussion. The problem: two rows of tabs are generally considered pretty evil. Right now we have a row of tabs for all the open resources. Then, the currently selected resources has a row of tabs for each view. There are ways to mitigate the problem: have different colors on the tab row to emphasize the difference, perhaps move the second row to the bottom of the current box, introduce a breadcrumbs line between the two rows of tabs, etc. Or, we can try "radical" (re: unusable) ideas such as this: http://look-designs.com/extras/safari_mp/safari_mp.html The only reason I'm even proposing this is that we're likely to have a right sidebar anyway. This right sidebar is full of things that help you write the current thing. I'm thinking primarily of a link box where you can quickly find resources to connect in your current document. If we have a right sidebar, then the major argument against this proposal (takes away real estate) goes away. We'd have a box in the top of the sidebar called "Open Resources". --Paul